John J. Kennedy (Republic of Texas Politician)
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Joseph Kennedy (1813 1880) was a Scotch-Irish American sheriff of Harrison County, Texas that helped end the Regulator-Moderator War in East Texas. He was an artillery officer in the United States Army and a cavalry captain for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Kennedy was also a Freemason and member of Marshall Lodge no22. Kennedy was born in Ireland or South Carolina. He served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army under…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Joseph Kennedy (1813 1880) was a Scotch-Irish American sheriff of Harrison County, Texas that helped end the Regulator-Moderator War in East Texas. He was an artillery officer in the United States Army and a cavalry captain for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Kennedy was also a Freemason and member of Marshall Lodge no22. Kennedy was born in Ireland or South Carolina. He served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army under General Abraham Eustis in the Black Hawk War and Second Seminole War. In 1836 he immigrated to the Republic of Texas receiving a 1,240 acre land grant from Anson Jones. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph Upton Fields, ended the Regulator-Moderator War while he was sheriff of Harrison County, Texas. Kennedy was also a Harrison County commissioner . He was the captain of Company K, 17th Texas Cavalry, also named Clough Rangers. Kennedy is the ancestor of Lance Kennedy, a Texas philanthropist and politician.